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White sweet smelling smoke (x-post from 2nd gen main page)

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by RickSanchez, Jun 19, 2017.

  1. Jun 19, 2017 at 8:20 AM
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    RickSanchez

    RickSanchez [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Kris
    Bozeman, MT
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    2010 TRD OR DCSB
    Keeping it pretty stock w/ creature comforts to come in the future.
    Hey guys, possibly just getting a little paranoid here. I bought my 2010 TRD OR about a week ago. Drove about 4 hrs to go get it because it was such a better deal than what I was finding around town. There are some cosmetic issues on the truck just from being used as a truck in Wyoming so I figured that must've been the reason for the price. Right before I picked it up the PO got an oil change done. All the fluids seem to be full. Drove it home with no noticeable issues. Once I got it home I started looking a bit deeper and found no maintenance records for the past 40k miles. Went and got the leaf spring recall done and decided I'd change the spark plugs right away. Saturday I changed out the plugs and everything went smoothly but I'm guessing they were original plugs as they were half Denzo, half NGK. Changed out with all Denzos. I did this in the garage and when I started the truck I noticed an exhaust smell. At the time I thought maybe it smelled a little sweet but didn't think much of it and figured it was just because the rig was in the garage. Today I started it up to head to work (again in the garage) and noticed some light white smoke coming from the exhaust and the sweet smell again. Now I'm playing the WebMD definitely have cancer game and am wondering if I have head gasket issues going on. I haven't checked the fluids again or marked the coolant but will do so when I go home today. Looking around TW I don't see a lot of posts mentioning head gaskets on these newer (not that 7 years old or 126k miles is new) models. Thoughts? Just condensation? Just paranoia? Its been pretty warm here recently so I don't know that I would think it would be condensation... I dunno. Don't have a lot of experience with this type of stuff. Thanks for the input.

    edit: Looks like the other thread took off more than this one. Link
     
    Last edited: Jun 19, 2017

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